Chapter
The Early Days of Anchor
33:48 - 45:07 (11:19)
Anchor founders, Michael Mignano and Nir Zicherman, recall the early days of Anchor as a podcast hosting tool and how they pivoted to become a podcast creation platform with the goal of exponential growth.
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After realizing their product wasn't growing as expected, a startup team committed to meeting every day and tracking whether or not they're on track for their 10% week over week growth goal to turn the company around and survive.
33:48 - 37:21 (03:33)
Summary
After realizing their product wasn't growing as expected, a startup team committed to meeting every day and tracking whether or not they're on track for their 10% week over week growth goal to turn the company around and survive.
ChapterThe Early Days of Anchor
Episode#285: Michael Mignano – Building Anchor Into The Biggest Podcasting Platform In The World
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
Anchor was founded on the principle of democratizing podcasting by providing free hosting and automated distribution capabilities.
37:21 - 45:07 (07:46)
Summary
Anchor was founded on the principle of democratizing podcasting by providing free hosting and automated distribution capabilities. In the early days, the company manually submitted podcasts to platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and the limited supply of podcasts created a highly valuable market for advertising.